Maine · Private foundation
Melmac Education Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 151
- Grants FY2025
- 157
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $421,681
- Organizations funded a year
- 157 to 220
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $41M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Melmac Education Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $759k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 138 | $1.6M | 4% |
| FY2024 | 157 | $1.4M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 185 | $1.7M | 1% |
| FY2022 | 220 | $2.2M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 161 | $1.7M | 1% |
| FY2020 | 184 | $1.8M | 13% |
| FY2019 | 195 | $1.9M | 10% |
| FY2018 | 216 | $1.7M | 15% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generation US | $3,317,009 | 7 | 37% |
| Jobs for Maine's Graduates Inc | $1,792,025 | 9 | 2% |
| College Board | $1,032,087 | 9 | 0% |
| Educate Maine | $662,550 | 9 | 8% |
| Trustees of Saint Joseph's College Saint Joseph's College of Maine | $73,834 | 4 | 0% |
| College of the Atlantic | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Erskine Academy | $58,900 | 9 | 0% |
| University of New England | $57,514 | 3 | 0% |
| Augusta School Department | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Portland Public Schools | $52,000 | 9 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generation US | $3,317,009 | 7 | 37% |
| Jobs for Maine's Graduates Inc | $1,792,025 | 9 | 2% |
| College Board | $1,032,087 | 9 | 0% |
| Educate Maine | $662,550 | 9 | 8% |
| Trustees of Saint Joseph's College Saint Joseph's College of Maine | $73,834 | 4 | 0% |
| College of the Atlantic | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Erskine Academy | $58,900 | 9 | 0% |
| University of New England | $57,514 | 3 | 0% |
| Augusta School Department | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Portland Public Schools | $52,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Thomas College | $49,824 | 3 | 0% |
| Husson University | $48,754 | 2 | 0% |
| Lee Academy | $43,500 | 9 | 0% |
| City of Westbrook | $38,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Maine Maritime Academy | $35,525 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Maine System Inc | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Maine Central Institute | $29,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Calais School Dept | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St John Valley Technology Center | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Maine Community College System | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regional School Unit 40 | $19,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Lincoln Academy | $18,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Kents Hill School | $18,000 | 7 | 0% |
| George Stevens Academy | $18,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Washington Academy | $18,000 | 9 | 0% |
| North Yarmouth Academy | $18,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hebron Academy Incorporated | $18,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Greater Portland Christian School | $18,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Waynflete School | $18,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pine Tree Academy | $16,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Cheverus High School | $16,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Nokomis Regional High School | $16,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Foxcroft Academy Trustees Of | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Gould Academy | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| City of Auburn | $15,917 | 3 | n/a |
| Bucksport High School | $14,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Temple Academy | $14,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Fryeburg Academy | $14,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Greater Houlton Christian Acad | $14,000 | 7 | 0% |
| North Haven Community School | $12,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Maine Connections Academy | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Maine at Fort Kent Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Syntiro | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rsu #20 | $9,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Rsu 34 | $9,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Penobscot Christian School | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Highview Christian Academy Inc | $8,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Hyde School | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Maine Arts Academy | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| John Bapst Memorial High School | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Seacoast Christian School | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Berwick Academy | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Clark University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emmanuel College | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maine College of Health Professions | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Maine Girls Academy | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maine Academy of Natural Sciences | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Western New England University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wheaton College | $1,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Rsu 2 | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 321 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Melmac Education Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Davis Family Foundation · Full Plates Full Potential · Oak Grove School · Harold Alfond Foundation · Reny Charitable Foundation · Frederic E Skillings Trust Uw · Fidelity Foundation · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Cochran Gifford a Tr Uind · Crockett Foundation
How this is measured
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About Melmac Education Foundation
- How much does Melmac Education Foundation give?
- Melmac Education Foundation reported 151 grants totaling $1,601,904 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 157 and 220 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Melmac Education Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (60%), Employment (29%), Science & Tech (3%).
- Who are Melmac Education Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Generation US ($3.3M), Jobs for Maine's Graduates Inc ($1.8M), College Board ($1.0M).
- Does Melmac Education Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Melmac Education Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Melmac Education Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Davis Family Foundation, Full Plates Full Potential.
- Where is Melmac Education Foundation based?
- Melmac Education Foundation is based in ME.
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